Probiotics: Plugging the Bugs

Ah. A cold Monday in January. Yet, I am not blue! I’m over joyed with the Steelers win yesterday and hopeful with Obama coming into the White House. Time will tell how this all plays out. But for now, I’m basking in the glory.

One thing I’m still rooting for is an improvement in most of the main stream media’s coverage of nutrition. Blogs are supposed to be short so I won’t go into my list of grievances on that topic, but let’s leave it at less than whole (sort of like the food most Americans eat).

I was initially excited then, when my Dad called to tell me the Wall Street Journal was “covering probiotics and some of the scams behind them”. Once I read the article, which you can find below, I was happy that it exposed product claims aren’t always what they seem. But, I was disappointed that 1. It mentioned products, and not foods that naturally have probiotics and 2. The irony of eating non-organic dairy with probiotics.

For point number one, you can check out my TV clip on NBC here on my blog. I discuss probiotics in foods and why they are so important. I did forget to mention miso soup and Chinese green tea in the clip. So that’s a bonus for the readers.

The second point of contention, which I did write to the editor about both these points, is that non-organic dairy is pumped with hormones and antibiotics. The antibiotics wipe out healthy bacteria. So while you may get probiotics added back in by the company who destroyed them in the first place with their animal treatment, you are still eating diary laced with antibiotics. It’s so inefficient. Especially if you cannot even digest dairy, one of the most allergenic foods in our food supply. Coming from the WSJ, a paper whose lens is all about free-markets and their efficiency, I find it ironic.

C’est la vie…along with the importance of the Quality of our food. Please don’t forget that when you digest any nutritional information.

To a wonderful week, filled with historic and inspiring importance.

Wall Street Journal article, Bug Crazy:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123180831081775767.html

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